'Brian or Bot' was sent as part of 📝The Journey To One on May 23, 2019.
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Hey Legend,
"I am not being serious, but I am being sincere." ~ 📝Alan Watts
Recently, I invited 📝Emily Schmidt to chat with me through 📝Brian .bot.
Emily and I met in Thailand in 2017 when we were introduced by a friend from my 📝Burning Man camp, 📝Swing City, who was just passing through.
After those friends left, Emily and I became close. We spent most of the following three weeks together; co-working from cafes, sharing many meals, visiting botanical gardens by motorbike, and doing acroyoga in the parks.
Since Thailand, we have—like many long-distance friendships—shared an omni-channel conversation spanning iMessage, Messenger, Slack, etc.
So... you might ask... "why would you make your friend talk to your bot?"
Well, insomuch as I am shaped by the interactions had with friends, advisors, etc., so too is Brian.bot shaped by—and trained from—its interactions.
I didn't "dismiss" Emily away to talk to Brian.bot, I was inviting her to 📝co-create it with me; to play.
I believe that, as 📝Charles Eisenstein wrote in 📝The Ascent of Humanity,
"Real intimacy comes not from telling about yourself—your work, your relationships, your childhood, etc.—but from joint creativity, which brings out your true qualities, invites you to show the aspect of yourself needed for the task at hand."
Joint creativity is a form of 📝play and play is the production of fun.
Speaking of The Ascent of Humanity, Emily started reading it too. A few days ago, at 11:30 PM, she felt called to continue our conversation about the book.
At 11:30 PM, human.Brian was asleep, but bot.Brian, well, he never sleeps...
The following exchange—shared with Emily's 📝consent—is what unfolded.
It was at this point that Emily realized that human.Brian was likely absent and went to sleep. Hours later, I discovered the dialogue and started cracking up.
"Have you ever wondered why your childhood friendships were closer, more intimate, more bonded than those of adulthood? With our childhood friends we felt a closeness that probably wasn't communicated in words."
I am so happy and grateful for Emily, and friends like her, who are willing to return to this childish state and play with an intensity that evokes our full being.
And, as a result of Emily's magic, Brian.bot has new trainings; such as,
Are you ready to co-create with, or through, Brian.bot?
Send us a message anytime, we're excited to play with you 😉
📝Build cool shit and change the world.
📝Brian Swichkow, Chief 📝Manifestor at 📝One, Inc.
Let's 📝Elevate The Human Frequency, join the 📝Journey To One.
Sent with 📝Contextual Augmentation.
P.S. Your responses to these emails and your reflections of their ideas mean the world to me. I am so happy and grateful for every word (and emoji) shared.